Man&#39;s garter



May 13, 1930. R, EBEL 1,758,392

MANS GARTER Filed Dec, 12, 1929 INVENTOR [Mica/ul.

Patented llflay 13, 193@ narra rs'rarss tresses iaaraarY erstes 'n RALPH C, EISEL, OF PITTSISSU'RG-I'll,V PENNSYLVANIA,'ASSIGNOR TO PITTSBURGH GATR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVAN,IAk

' Application ined December 12, maa serial No. 413,445'.

' plate tends to cut through the stitches and also because the sewing forms a lump or irregularity which is pressed into the leg.

Another method which is in use is the introduction of the base plate of the stud be- -tween the pad members, the stud protruding outwardly through a hole in the outer pad member. Here again a lump is formed which is pressed into the leg. There is also a tendency of the base plate to tilt and thus become uncomfortable. e Y

Still vanother method of attaching the stud plate is to thread through the slot a strip or length oit" textile material whose .ends are sewed to the pad. Thismethod requires the eXtra material of the textile strip and the additional work of-forming the same and installing it in place.

The object which I have in View is the provision of an improved means for attaching the stud plate to the pad, the attachment being such that no additional material is required nor any additional seams or stitching, the seams which are used to sew the' pad members together being also used to sew the stud plate to the pad. i 'Y In my improved garter the stud plate is secured-to and held against the outer face of.

the pad by means of va tongue of the material of the outer member of the pad which is threaded through the slot in the stud lplate and has its end secured to the rear pad member by the same seam orl seams of stitching which are employed to sew the pad members together and als-o secure the end of theleg band to the pad. y Y Y In the accompanying drawings, wherein gV I have illustrated a practical embodiment of the principles of'my invention, Fig. 1-vis an 'i elevation of the garter, with the legbandin its closed position as it is when looped about the wearer-s calf. The garter shown isfor the right leg. Y Y l Fig. 2 is an elevation of the front member of the pad, showing the tongue cut therein. -Fig. 8 is a sectional view takenalong the line 3 3 in Fig. l. Y Y f Fig. 4; is an elevation of the stud plate'.`

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the extensible leg band usually made of elastic Y webbing and having its one end permanently secured to the pad audits other or free end provided -with a wire'loop 2 which may be engaged by the stud 3 which is rigidwith the stud plate 4s The stud plate 4 is provided with a slotted opening 5 extending transversely of the plate in the rear of the stud.

The pad -is composed of the outer or front member 6 and the rear member 7 Either orv both of these members may be formedof teX-` Y tile material or leather. The pad members 6 and 7 are assembled and held together byl the parallel rows of stitching 8v whichvrun around the edges 'oi' the pad and the end of the band 1 is secured to the pad by being inserted between the pad members and being sewn in place by -means of the rows ofstitching 8. Depending from lthe pad is the usual hose-engaging means 9.`

- To attach the-stud plate to the pad I cut in Y the material of the outer pad member Y6 a tongue 10, the lines of cut extending inwardly from the edge of themember as'sliown in 2. This .tongue 1() I thread through the slot 5 in the 'stud plate 4, and then withthe same stitching 8 and the same operation by' which the pad members 6 and 7 are sewed together and the end'of the band 1 is attached to the pad I sew the free end of the tongue 10 fast in place as shown in Fig. 1, thus employing but one stitching operation to form the pad, to secure the end of the band 1 thereto and to attach thepstud 'plate to the pad. In cutting the tongue 10 inthe material ofthe pad member 6 the upper cutis preferably not extended inwardly quite as far as is the lower cut as is Ashown in Fig. 2, thusicausingfthe stud plate to be tilted slightly as shown in Fig. 1, thus disposing the loop strap 1 in proper'inanner to comfortably engage the leg above the swell Vof the calf.

.5 The pull of the stud is exerted on the inner end of the ton-gue 'so there is no abrasion or Wear on` the stitching Which holds the stud plate infplace. TheV more or less loose engagement of the stud plate by the tongue prol is of improved strength and resistance lto l. In a garter, the combination Wit-ha pad formed of a plurality of properly Shaped teri- Z'tile members seWed together `in superimposedireflatien byystitching .adjacent to the edges of the members, a leg-band having its one end Vpermanent'ly attached to the rear edge ofthe pad, a Wire loop on the other `end, 30 of the 'leg band,v a` stud to be Aengaged by the Wire loop and a stud plate upon which said stud is'rigidrly` mounted and which is profr' and means 'for securvided .with an o -enin ing the stud plate in place against the outer 755 faceof the pad comprising a tongue cut v .from the material of the outer pad member by cutsextenlding `iinvafrdly V'from `the rear edge ,of ythe :pac-land the tongue threaded througlh theopening :in the stud plate, and the' 4in* outpr end of the tongue being stitched to the par y 2.111 a garter, thecombinationwith a pad 4formed of a plurality of Vproperly shaped te Y tile inem-berssewed together in superimposed relation fby'stitching adjacent to the edges oli the members,` a leg-band having its one v end permanently attached te the rear edge of the y pad, fa Wire loop ron theotherend of the leg bancha'studj to be engaged bythe Wire loop end pern'ianently attached tothe rear edge of the pad, a Wire loop on the other end o the leg band, a stud to be engaged by the Wire loop and a stud plate upon which said stud is rigidly mounted and which is provided with an opening, and means for securing the stud plate in place aga-inst the outer face of the pad comprising a tongue cut from the material of the outer pad inember by cuts extending inwardly troni the rear edge of the Apad and the Atongue 4tlnfeaded through the opening in the stud plate, the

l outerend of the tongue being attached to the pad and the same stitching used to secure the pad members together, securing the outer end of the tongue to the pad and securing .the end of the leg band permanently to the rearedge ofthe pad.

Signed at Pittsburgh, .Pa.,fthis` lith day of December, 1.929.

Y RALPH C. ElSEL.

and a `smidplate upon which said stud is'VL rigidlyvniouaited and which isfprovided withl Aan opening, and-.means fer securing the studV plate in place against the outer 'face of .they

pad .comprising a tongue `cut from .the inacifterial et `thermter member by cuts extending inwardly rirene the rear fedge .of the pad and the tongue threadedthrough the opening in the stud platepandthe vouter endet theton'gue being stitched to the padfby lthe stitching i 53? which attached the pad meinberstogether.

i ,In a garter, the combination with a pad tormed 'a `plurality of Q Jr'operly shaped textile members seared toget 1er lin superimposed ienjby 'stitcrngtadaeent to the "edges er the "members," aleg-bandflraving its one 

